Jointing guide for saw filing machines



Feb. 29, 1944.

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JOINTING GUIDE FOR SAW FILING MACHINES Original Filed Aug. 5, 1940 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Y Nl/E'NTOE FEEEMANE. COLL/E18.

J v Mow Patented Feb. 29, 1944 JOINTING GUIDE FOR SAW FILING MACHINES Freeman E. Collier, Minneapolis, Minn., assignor to Foley Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis, Minn., a corporation of Minnesota Original application August 3, 1940, Serial No.

350,577, now Patent No. 2,310,517, dated February 9, 1943.

Divided and this application April 1, 1942, Serial No. 437,280

(CI. 76-77) y 4 Claims.

The present invention relates to saw filing machines and more particularly to improvements in saw filing machines of the type shown in my prior Patent #1,728,393. In machines of this character, the saw being filed is supported for traversing movement with respect to the file, and such movement is imparted to the saw by a pawl mechanism which is periodically moved during operation of the machine. The present invention is particularly directed to improvements in the saw and file supporting meansand in the pawl mechanism whereby the saw is. moved as desired without erratic action due to the lodging of saw filings in delicately adjusted portions of the mechanism, and the motion controlled accurately for saws of various types.

It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a saw filing machine in which the parts are so arranged as to be free from interference and wear due to saw filings which inevitably accumulate during the saw filing operation.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a saw filing machine in which the saw filingmechanism may be quickly and. easily adjusted for saws having various sizes of teeth.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved saw supporting means capable of tightly gripping the saw during filing and of gripping the saw with lesser force during progressing movement of the saw.

It is a more specific object of the invention to provide a saw filing machine in which the movable elements of the saw filer are all carried at an elevation above the saw whereby saw filings are prevented from lodging on such mechanisms and to provide in such a machine improved saw carrying mechanisms whereby the saw may. be moved endwise free from interference by saw filings, and in which the jointing guide and pawl mechanism may be accurately and quickly changed to accommodate saws of various types and accurately held-in adjusted position.

These and other objects of the invention inherent in the apparatus illustrated and described will be apparent from the drawings in which. I

Figure l is a side elevational view of the app-aratus of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevational View.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view taken along the lines 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevational view ofthe portions of the apparatus shown in. Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view partly in section taken along the lines 5--5of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan view partly in:

section of the saw clamping apparatus. I v

Throughout the drawings, the same numerals refer to corresponding parts.

Referring now to the drawings: The apparatus consists of a bed plate, generally designated), which is formed with ahorizontal portion H and a downwardly turned frontedge portion I2, which is adapted to be placed upon and bolted to a work bench or table T by means of bolts l3.

, and I4.

Upon the bed plate, there is mounted amain frame member, generally designated 20,which is provided with a pair ,of vertically arranged ways 2| and 22, positioned at the front and the back of the main frame member 20. Preferably, these ways are round steel rods and are supported so as to receive a carrier mechanism, generallydesignated 25. tically upon the ways and is normally held in the down position by means of springs 24, which surround the wayrods 2I22 above the carrier mechanism.

Referring particularly to Figure 5, itwill be noted that the carrier mechanism 25 is provided at its upper portion with a horizontally disposed way 26 composed of opposed V-shaped guides 21 and 28. The guide 28 is. attached to the carrier. mechanism portion 21 by means of screws 29, and the portion 28 is provided with an adjustable gib 3!, which may be moved toward and away from the V-notch of portion 21 by means .of screws 32,

' which are locked in adjusted position by means It will accordingly be seen that the file F may be moved up and down by virtue of the vertical reciprocating motion of the carrier member 25 as the latter moves on the vertical ways 2l-22, and that the file arm 4.2 may be provided with a reciprocating horizontal. motion by virtue of the to and fro motion of the portion of the file arm 40 in the horizontal ways 21-28v of thecarrier.

In order to provide the filing motion, the main The carrier mechanism slides verframe member 20 is provided with a shaft 48 (see Figure which is arranged to be rotated by means of a large gear wheel 49. The latter meshes with a small pinion gear 50, directly connected to a large V-belt drive pulley 52, and the latter is driven from the pulley 53 of motor M. The motor M is mounted upon a carrying bracket 54 attached to the upper portion of frame 20.

Upon the shaft 48, there is mounted an eccentric cam 55 and also an arm 56, which carries an eccentrically mounted roller 51 upon screw 59. The cam 55 is shaped as shown in the dotted lines in Figure 1 and at its upper portion bears against a wear piece 58 of the carrier member 25. Accordingly, as the shaft 48 rotates, the cam 55 rides against the wear plate 58 and reciprocates the carrier member 25 vertically upon the vertical ways 2| and 22. At the same time, the arm 56 carrying roller 51 turns with the cam, and the roller is located so that it moves in the vertically arranged slot 38 of the file arm 40 and accordingly the file arm is moved backwards and forwards in the horizontal ways 21-28 synchronously as the carrier (and accordingly the file arms) are moved vertically due to the motion of cam 55.

The cam 55 and roller 51 are so shaped and oriented that the file F is progressed forwardly until the file has reached an extreme forward position at which time the carrier member 25,, and file arm 40, are raised and drawn backwardly until the file F has reached a rearmost position. The file is then lowered into place ready for another forward stroke.

The main frame 20 is provided with a small through shaft 34, which is journaled in the frame 20 so as to be freely oscillatable. Upon one end of the shaft 34, there is fixedly attached a lever arm 35 having a roller 36 thereon. The gear wheel 49 is provided with an integrally formed eccentric cam 5| shaped as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 1. The cam has high and low portions, each approximately 180 of the circumference, and these bear against and control the position of roller 36, thereby oscillating arm 35 and shaft 34 through a small arc of motion for each rotation of shaft 48.

Upon the other end of shaft 34, there is fixedly mounted another arm 31 which extends forwardly of the machine, terminating in an operating knob 39, and therefore the arm 31 is raised and lowered through a small are for each rotation of shaft 48.

Since the file F is well below the level of the horizontal ways 21 and 28, there is little tendency for saw filings to lodge in the ways and accordingly the file arms operate smoothly and the ways are subjected to but very little wearing action. Even when such wear may accur, it may be compensated for by adjustment of the gib 3| by means of screws 32 and lock nuts 33. The present apparatus is adapted for the filing of hand saws, band saws, and circular saws. The saw undergoing the filing operation is held in place by means of a saw clamp, enerally designated 60, which is attached to the forward downwardly turned portion I2 of the frame member I0. The saw clamp 60 consists of a rear portion 6| to which, at the lower end, there is p vo y attached a front clamp member 62. The clamp member 62 has an inturned upper clamp tip 63. The clamp member 62 is arranged to be drawn towards the member 6| by means of a screw having a hand wheel 65 and a lock wheel 66.

The tip 63 is provided with an angularly disposed drill hole 64 through which a pin 65 extends. The headed end of the pin extends outwardly, and the opposite end is attached to a movable clamp face 66, the clamp face being prevented from turning by a pair of protuberances 61 on the clamp face, which slide in suitable holes in the tip 63.

The front clamp 62 is provided with a fixed pivot mounting 1I upon which a bell crank lever 13 is pivoted. One end of the bell crank lever bears against the head of pin 65, while the other end is connected to a draw link 18 which extends downwardly to a lever 19 pivoted at bolt 8I The rod 18 is provided with a fixed collar 82 against which a spring 83 bears. The lever 19 bears against the spring 83 and is held tightly by another spring 84, which is upon the lower portion of rod 18, the spring 84 in turn being held by nut 85. Thus flexibility of motion, within the limits of springs 83 and 84, is provided between lever 19 and rod 18.

To the rear end of lever 19, there is pivotally attached an upwardly extending rod 86, which extends through a hole in the front edge I2 of the base I0. The rod 86 is threaded at its upper end to receive a pair of nuts 88 between which a semi-circular plate 89 is clamped, the plate 89 being positioned to be engaged by the operating knob 39 on lever 31.

Upon the frame member 60, there are mounted a pair of clips 68, and below each of the clips there is positioned a grooved roller 69. The clips 68 and rollers 69 are spaced apart so as to receive a saw carrying frame member 10, which has uniform width and thickness throughout its length. The frame member 10 is positioned so that its lower edge rides in the groove 12 of the rollers 69, and its upper edge is held from displacement by means of the clips 68. Upon the carrying frame member 10, there are a plurality of downwardly extending clamp pieces 14 in which there are vertical openings 15 formed to receive clamp members 16 and clamp bolts 11. The members 14, together with their clamp member 16 and bolts 11 are provided for holding the back edge of a hand saw S, which is shown in the light weight lines of Figure 2. The entire, frame, consisting of member 10, and the member 14 together with the saw S then moves endwise during the filing operation.

7 The endwise movement of the saw is accomplished by means of a pawl mechanism, generally designated I00. Two such pawl mecha nisms are shown in Figure 2 and they are used alternatively for movement of the saw either to the right or to the left depending upon the direction of the teeth of the particular saw undergoing filing.

Referring particularly to Figure 4, in which one of the pawl mechanisms is shown, it will be observed that the mechanism consists essentially of an upper frame bracket IOI, which is preferably made integrally with the portion 6| of the saw clamping member. The frame member IOI has a bell crank, generally designated I02, mounted thereon by means of a pivot I03. The bell crank has a forwardly extending arm I05 in which a thumb screw I 06 is threaded. The forward end of the arm I05 is bifurcated and is arranged to be drawn together by means of a lock screw I08 so as to hold the thumb screw I06 in any adjusted position. The downwardly extending arm H0 of the bell crank lever has a forwardly extending portion III, upon which a pawl, generally designated H2, is mounted. The

managin pawl II 2; ispivoted-upon the member: I I I. ata-thei pin I I3, and hasaa downwardlyextendingztooth engaging portion I I5.

.To the: upper portion of 'the.pawl,..there is pivotally'c'onnected' a rod H8, which extends up- Ward-ly through" an. opening. I 'I 9" in. the arm. I;

Circumscribing the rod H8, there is a? sprin II'I,'.. which is compressed'as the pawl? II2 is: raised,. and accordingly, the pawl is normally" forced downwardly towards the saw. The position: of the pivotal. connection I between the. rodLI I0 and the pawl is. such that when" the pawl is' raised'to theposition of the righthandpawl I I 2 of Figure 2, the spring will be in the over-* center position and will maintain the pawl" in raised condition.

To the rear of the bell crank I02 and pawl I'I2;

there is mounted a jointing guide; generally designated I30, which is provided'with a pair of slots BI and I32. The guide I is held to the member I0I by means of a mounting screw I33, Whitzhpassesthrough the slot I3I'. guide I30 may accordingly be moved end'wise and also pivoted around'the screw I33. The pivot screw I33 holds the jointing guide snugly but not-so tightly that it cannot be moved under the influence of screw I38 described below.

Extending to the left from bracket IiII, as shown in Figure 4, there is a horizontally extending bracket member I35, which also carries a supplementary bracket I33. The bracket I35 is formed to receive a vertical adjusting screw I38 which has a knurled upper portion I39, and the lower end of the screw is'provided with a headed pivot I40, which receives a bifurcated clip I42, the latter being attached'to the jointing guide I30 by means of a through pin l43..

Accordingly, as the screw I38 is'turned, the clip I 42 is moved upwardly or forced downwardly,

according, to the direction of turning, and the jointing guide may accordingly be very accurately moved with reference to the saw.-

The forward end of the jointing guide I30 is provided with a downwardly curved surface I upon" which a rearwardly extending pin I5I" of. The carrier moved in a counter-clockwise direction against.

the action of spring I58. This moves the pawl 2 to the right as shown in Figure 4 and since the pawl is normally forced downwardly by means of spring. IN, the pin I5I. may ride upon the upper surface of the jointing guide. I30 and.

the pawl will drop downwardly as determined by the forward downwardly curved surface. I50 of the jointing guide. The shape of the jointing guide is such that the forward end of the pawl II5 will move forward over the near tooth and then drop abruptly downward into contact with the filed tooth of the saw which is accordingly moved to the right as shown in Figures 2 and 4, thus advancing the saw exactly one tooth space.

During this time, the file has been retracted and as the carrier member 25 is lowered under the action of the cam 55, the pad I56 is likewise lowered and therefore the bell crank I02 and the attached pawl I I2 are all retracted un- The jointing viewed." in Figure 1) derv the influence of. spring I58 outofi the way ofithe= fiie :F:

The: retracted positiontofv the .bell crank lever I02Tand. pawl H2: is determinedaby means of an adjustment. screw I652, which is" mounted. in. the The screw I65 bears bracket member. I36. v against the downwardly extending portion IIO offt'her bell cranklever I01 and determines its most retracted. position.

In. use; the saw S, to cone I'Iflor in frame 10', andthe saw clampmember 62.'is...drawn up. snugly but. not so tightlyas to hold the saw immovablybetweenanvil 8-0" and clampface'fifii As thecarrier frame 25 is raised and asx the file arm 40 is retracted, the pawl mechanism operates to advancethe saw: one or two teeth as the case maybe,. and during this time. it is. desired that only a light clamping pressure: be exerted by clamp face. 65 upon thesaw fipso as to hold: it against anvil-80. During this. portion of: the movement, the low half of cam 51 (on gear wheel 49) is adjacent" roller 36' on arm-35 .(see.:Figures 1 and'5) and shaft 34 is oscillated'clockwise as shown in: Figure 1, therebyallowingrod 86 to move down and rod 18" to move up. This causes bell crank 13 also torock in a clockwise direction and relieves pressure on:

pin.65,. whereby the clampface 66 seats against tip; 63' of. clamp member 62. Accordingly, the onlypressureupon the saw Sis that established q clamping pressure" on the saw, so as to prevent.

chattering and hold the saw against anyendwise movement. awayfrom the file during'filing. The added clamping pressure is brought about asfollowsc.

Just. as. the frame 25 islowered by cam 55, the

high part of. cam 5I' contacts roller 36, forcing:

the roller: to the position shown in Figure l. This causes leverr35, shaft 34 and lever3'I all to be; vmoved whereupon knob 39 lifts plate 89 upwardly, drawing rod 86 upwardly. Through-lever 19, and rod I8 this-causes a cormten-clockwise movement of bell cranklever I3 (as:

viewed inFigure 1:) which in turn tends to cause pin 65 to be moved towards'anvili80. Since pin I- is fixedly attached to the clamp face 63 and since this is already under light clamping pressureaga-instthe saw S, the bolt can move but very little towards the anvil 80. Consequently the relative motion of. bolt 65 with respect to tip- 63. has the effect of springing the entire arm 62 I outwardly. and since the arm is only slightly flexible; as heavy clamping pressure is developed. between face 66 and the anvil 80. The springs 03-B4, however, serve to limit the clamping pressure;

Thus, whenthe saw is being-moved by the pawl mechanism. I00, no excessive resistance or drag-- is imposed. uponqt-he sawby the sawclamp, but

-. while filing, the saw isimmovably held against chattering and endwise movement.

In previous apparatus of this character, it has been customary to mount the saw carrying frame H3 uponspaced fixed blocks. In the present apparatus, the weight of the member 10 is taken upon rollers 09 which turn as the member I0 is progressed. Even though the rollers 69 are below the level of the file, the rotation of the rollers is such as to continuously dislodge filings, which may tend. to lodge thereon, and accordingly the be-filed, is mounted on;

in. counter-clockwise direction (aslodging offilings on rollers 69 does not occur with the result that the position of the saw is always accurately determined by the surface of the roller, and the saw is accordingly always accurately filed. This is a distinct advantage as compared with previous constructions wherein the way of the member 153 was carried upon slide blocks, which tended to accumulate saw' filings thereby causing the saw carrying frameand the slide blocks to be worn during service with resultant looseness and dislodgment during filing, the looseness and dislodgment causing a deleterious inaccuracy in the filing.

The accuracy of the saw filing is further enhanced by the screw connection member I38 between the jointing guide I30 and the frame member I35, by means of which the jointing guide may be accurately positioned and held against dislodgment during the saw filing operation.

During the filing of the circular saw, the center of the saw is positioned at the cone surface I19 which may be vertically adjusted by means of adjusting screw I'll having a handle I12.

This application is a division of my'application Serial No. 350,577 filed August 3, 1940, which matured into Patent No. 2,310,517, dated February 9, 1943.

Many obvious modifications may be made in the present apparatus without departing from the spirit of the invention illustrated, described and claimed.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a saw filing machine having a main frame, file reciprocating means on the frame and saw moving means including a feed pawl and means mounting the pawl for oscillating combined endwise and radial movement, an improved jointing guide means for guiding the end of said feed pawl during movement, said jointing guide being a bar mounted alongside the feed pawl and having a downwardly curved cam surface at one end adjacent the feed pawl in contact with which a part of the pawl engages for guiding the pawl through said oscillating combined endwise and radial movement, said jointing guide means having a pair of spaced elongated slots one near the middle and the other at an end opposite the cam surface end, a combined pivot and lookin screw mounted on the frame and positioned to pass through the middle slot for slidably and rotatably mounting the jointing guide and an adjustment screw mounted on the frame in a position to intersect the bar at the end slot and a. bifurcated clip connecting said adjustment screw and bar slot whereby the bar may be rotated' about said combined pivot and locking screw, said-bar being movable endwise along a line determined by said combined pivot and looking screw and the adjustment screw mounted bifurcated clip.

2. In a saw filing machine having a main frame, file reciprocating means on the frame and saw moving means including a feed pawl and means mounting the pawl for oscillating combined endwise and radial movement, an improved jointing guide means for guiding the end of said feed pawl during movement, said jointing guide being a bar having a downwardly curved cam surface at one end adjacent the feed pawl in contact with which a part of the pawl engages for guiding the pawl through said oscillating combined endwise and radial movement; said joint-'- ing guide means having a pair of spaced elongated slots one near the middle and the other at the end opposite the cam surface, a first pivot screw mounted on the frame and passing through said middle slot, and a. second pivot passing through said end slot, said second pivot being mounted on manually adjustable screw means connected to the frame for moving said pivot in the plane of said jointing guide bar, whereby the bar may be rotated about said first pivot by=moving said second pivot and whereby the bar may be moved endwise along the line connecting said pivots.

3. In a saw filing machine having a main frame, file reciprocating means on the frame and saw moving means including a feed pawl and means mounting the pawl for oscillating combined endwise and radial movement, an improved jointing guide means-for guiding the end of said feed pawl during movement, said jointing guide being a bar having a downwardly curved cam surface at one end adjacent the feed pawl, said feed pawl having a part shaped to contact said cam surface for guiding the pawl through said combined endwise and radial movement, said jointing guide bar being provided with pivotal and sliding clamping means connected to the center portion of the bar for pivotally and slidably mounting said bar at its center portion, and manually movable means including a screw connecting the frame of the machine and a portion of said jointing, guide bar remote from said pivotal clamping means, said screw being mounted transversely of said bar and substantially in the plane of pivotal movement of said bar foradjustably positioning said bar and slidably and pivotally connected to the bar.

4. In a sawfiling machine, having a main frame, file reciprocating means on the frame and saw moving means including a feed pawl and means mounting the pawl for endwise and oscillatory radial movement, a jointing guide means comprising a bar having a cam surface for contacting a part of said feed pawl to guide the pawl into contact with a tooth of the saw being filed for progressing of the saw, said bar having a slot therein, a pivot mounting screw passing through a slotted portion of the bar at about the middle of the bar for slidably and pivotally mounting the bar, an adjustable attachment screw in the plane of pivotal movement of the bar and connected to the bar byv means of a bifurcated member connected to a slotted portion of said bar, said adjustable attachment screw being arranged in a direction transversely of bar and connected to the frame of the machine.

FREEMAN E. COLLIER. 

